Weapon delivery system

Claim 1

An aircraft weapon delivery system wherein the aircraft weapon is fixed to the aircraft fuselage and is pointed in the proper weapon firing direction to hit a target by aligning the fuselage in said direction, comprising, in combination: a. a manual control means for operation by a pilot for generating command signals for maneuvering the aircraft fuselage in flight and for generating target line of sight information; b. means for generating range and rate of change of range information of said target; c. air data means for obtaining the velocity, angle of attack and side slip angle of said aircraft; d. an inertial system for providing inertial attitude and accelerations of said aircraft; e. display generating means including a display for observation by the pilot; f. a display generator for projecting a reticle onto said display along with a firing pipper; and g. computer means connected to the control means for actuating the aircraft flight controls in response to command signals generated by movement of the control means, said computer means passing said command signals directly to said display generating means to move said reticle without lag time to a registering position with a target viewed by said pilot, said computer means receiving said line of sight information, range and rate of change of range information, and being connected to the outputs of said air data means and inertial system and utilizing the information and outputs in the weapon delivery equations soled by the computer means, whereby the pilot can register and track the target with said reticle until the firing pipper coincides with the target at which time the weapon can then be fired.